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Demsrule86

(68,471 posts)
6. It you lived in my house with depression era parents, you were taught from toddlerhood...
Sat Dec 12, 2020, 10:47 PM
Dec 2020

how to use the least amount of TP.My parents were older when I arrived. My older sibling tell horror stories of toothpicks in the dishwasher (not a good idea), saving every bit of String, hand me downs from older very unfashionable kids (thank God they were too old for me to get their clothes), of course no cool sneakers (my sis brought me my first pair) and, we ate in a restaurants once a year which my Dad said counted for all of birthdays.

Yup, I could easily go eight days...The flip side of the coin is I had no student loans as there was a college fund and we went on a family vacation every year somewhere. My parents for all their quirks were the best, most loving people in the world...I wish I had them longer.

Demsrule86

(68,471 posts)
12. That is what my Mom and Dad said. My Mother live in Virginia...they didn't even have running
Sun Dec 13, 2020, 12:34 AM
Dec 2020

water when she was young...

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